Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned a magazine ad promoting French fashion house Saint Laurent because the model featured was “unhealthily thin”. The black and white photograph, showing the model lying on her back on the ground in a short skirt, tights and platform heels, was deemed “irresponsible” by the AdvertisingContinue Reading
Nearly one-third of young adults suffer depression because they were bullied as teenagers, a study by Oxford University has found. This is a shockingly high number of people to experience depression due to bullying. Depression is not easily treatable, and no two people will react the same way to treatments.Continue Reading
Driver’s licence testers are being bashed, threatened, and even held captive by people they’ve failed – and some are fed up with the abuse. Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show testers reported physical and verbal abuse at record levels last year, with some expressing serious concerns about theirContinue Reading
Vast majority of victims of abuse do not go on abuse. "Vampire Myth" destroys lives. Learn the truth about abuse http://t.co/DwjbhggxWd — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) April 8, 2015Continue Reading
VIDEO: Using humor to battle anti-Muslim bias in the US, @Aasif Mandvi on his new series #HalalintheFamily. Pt 1 https://t.co/KnLwdCVcNL — Al Jazeera America (@ajam) April 8, 2015Continue Reading
For the first time in New Zealand, a national structure has been set up specifically to support male survivors of sexual abuse. Members from regional support groups around the country gathered at a hui in Nelson and made a commitment to the body, which would be known as the MaleContinue Reading
Since then, Miss Stempa says she has applied for 52 rental homes across the Western Bay. She believed her trouble finding a home may have been because she was a young Maori mother relying on government benefits. “I feel like I’m discriminated against … I’ve had viewings in just aboutContinue Reading
Winston Peters has announced his party will introduce a bill to remove name suppression from paedophiles in cases where the victims say they do not want it. Mr Peters made the announcement in a street meeting in Paihia today. “There have been so many cases of sexual violence in NewContinue Reading
How can using a smartphone or other mobile device cause so much hurt? It’s all in how you look at it. Literally. Looking down, dropping your head forward, changes the natural curvature of your neck. Over time, that misalignment can strain muscles and cause wear and tear on the structuresContinue Reading
"There is no disgrace in being a survivor….the shame is on the aggressor" — Angelina Jolie pic.twitter.com/2pagI4VgOu — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) March 23, 2015Continue Reading
